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The ​​ (a)   era is associated with French fur trade, mercantilism, and the Puritans?

• Exploration and Colonization
• American Revolution
• Early Republic
• Industrialization and Reform

What era is associated with Samuel Slater, the spinning jenny, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton? (a)  

• Exploration and Colonization
• American Revolution
• Early Republic
• Industrialization and Reform

What era is associated with the Whiskey Rebellion, Marbury v. Madison and the War of 1812? (a)  

• Exploration and Colonization
• American Revolution
• Early Republic
• Industrialization and Reform

What land did Great Britain own after the French and Indian War? (a)  

• Land east of the Mississippi River
• Land south of the Rio Grande River
• All of Canada
• the Hawaiian Islands

Before the Revolutionary War, colonists organized boycotts against Great Britain. What group used violence and threats to enforce these boycotts? (a)  

• Imperial Policy
• Sons of Liberty
• Massachusetts Militia
• Second Continental Congress

Who wrote most of the Declaration of Independence?

• Patrick Henry

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

Which battle convinced the French to become America's ally during the revolution?

• Lexington and Concord

• Yorktown

• Saratoga

• Bunker Hill

The last major battle of the American Revolution was _

• Saratoga.

• Yorktown.

• Trenton.

• Princeton.

Why is the year 1803 significant to U.S. history?

• Congress passed the Naturalization Act

• The United States doubled in size

• England declared war on the United States

• Washington wrote his "Farewell Address"

During the Early Republic period, why were some Americans in favor of protective tariffs?

• Businesses in northern states thought it would help them compete with European imports

• it would allow Southern plantation owners to borrow money from banks

• the federal government could then lower the income tax rates

• it would enable Americans to buy foreign products